70130-0017 - Tomitake Theater

Tomitake-tei (富竹亭) on Bashamichi-dori, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. The theater, which was active through 1912 (Taisho 1), was owned by Takejiro Takeuchi (竹内竹次郎), who ran three other yose theaters in Yokohama. One of the theater’s first performers included the now largely forgotten Australian born rakugo story teller and kabuki actor Henry James Black. See blog entry.